Brad
bradfeehan.bsky.social
Brad
@bradfeehan.bsky.social
Senior Site Reliability DevOps Infrastructure Engineer Extraordinaire
Personally, three decades of a life lived, the lyrics do hit different. Would I have ever revisited this sincerely, without this lens today?

In the end whether OP is ironic in their reference doesn’t matter cos people got something out of it. And in this case, also the whole point of the songwriter
March 31, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Sure it’s kinda superficially funny that people don’t get it’s a reference. But that’s not the most interesting thing about it. Also nobody is poking fun, which is refreshing.

It’s the whole point of the song to not personally know the experience of grief.
March 31, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Everyone in the western world who had ears in 1997 knows these lyrics.

Presented out of context, it appears sincere, and is taken as such by many.

People see it as an opportunity to be vulnerable and share their deepest fears and worst moments into the void.
March 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM